aaron ciechanover abdus salam abkhazia aden afghanistan africa afro-eurasia ahura akkadian language akrotiri and dhekelia amartya sen american english americas amman anatolia anglo-america anglophone animism ankara antarctica arabian peninsula arabian plate arabian sea arabic language arctic arctic ocean arctica armenia armenian language ashgabat asia-europe meeting asia-pacific asia-pacific economic cooperation asiamerica asian asian american asian century asian currency unit asian cuisine asian furniture asian people association of southeast asian nations astana asura atlantic ocean atlantica atlantis aung san suu kyi australasia australia avalonia avatar avram hershko azerbaijan azerbaijani language baghdad bahrain baku baltica bandar seri begawan bangkok bangladesh bay of bengal beijing beirut bene israel bengali language bengali literature bering sea bering strait bhutan bishkek black sea bosporus british english british indian ocean territory brunei buddhism buddhist philosophy burma burmese language business process outsourcing cairo call centre cambodia capital caribbean caspian sea caucasus caucasus mountains central africa central america central asia central europe china chinese mythology christian christianity christmas island classical antiquity closer economic partnership arrangement colombo commonwealth of independent states confucianism congo craton continent continental shelf culture of asia cyprus damascus dance daniel kahneman dardanelles demographics of asia demonym denomination dependent territory developed country dhaka dhivehi language dili doha drama dubai dushanbe dutch east indies dzongkha language earth east east africa east asia east china sea east jerusalem east pakistan east timor eastern europe eastern hemisphere eastern philosophy eastern world economy of africa economy of asia economy of europe economy of north america economy of oceania economy of south america egypt encarta english language english literature epic of gilgamesh ethnologue etymology euramerica eurasia eurasian plate europe european union far east fauna of asia federation of malaya filipino language flag flags of asia forest four asian tigers france french literature gao xingjian gaza gaza strip geography of asia geology germany gobi desert gondwana grameen bank greece greek language gross domestic product gulf of aden hanoi hebrew language hejaz herodotus hindu mythology hindu philosophy hinduism history of asia homer hong kong human geography india indian ocean indian plate indian philosophy indian subcontinent indochina indonesia indonesian language information technology iran iraq islam islamabad israel istanbul province isthmus jainism jakarta jammu and kashmir japan japanese language japanese yen javanese language jerusalem jordan judaism kabul kalahari craton kara sea karakum desert kathmandu kazakh language kazakhstan kazakhstania kenorland kerguelen plateau khmer language kolkata korean language kuala lumpur kurdish language kuwait kuwait city kyrgyz language kyrgyzstan landmass language family language isolate languages of asia lao language laos latin america laurasia laurentia lebanon levant list of asian countries list of asian countries by population list of internet top-level domains list of countries by gdp list of countries by population list of countries by population density list of countries spanning more than one continent list of metropolitan areas by population list of supercontinents macau maghreb mainland china malay archipelago malay language malaysia maldives maluku islands manama manila marathi language mathematics matsya mediterranean sea melanesia menachem begin mesopotamia mesopotamian mythology micronesia middle east millionaire mohammad yunus mongolia mongolian language moscow mother teresa mumbai nagorno-karabakh nakhchivan naypyidaw nejd nepal nepali language new delhi newly industrialized country nicosia nobel prize nobel prize in literature nonresistance nonviolence north africa north america north american free trade agreement north american plate north asia north korea northern america northern europe ocean oceania odin old world oman orhan pamuk oriental orientalism osaka ottoman empire outsourcing pacific ocean pakistan palestinian national authority palestinian territories pan-asianism pangaea pangaea ultima pannotia persian empire persian language petroleum philippines phnom penh phoenicia physical geography physical map poet polar region political status of taiwan politics of asia polymath polynesia portugal portuguese timor portuguese language prometheus punjabi language purchasing power parity pyinmana pyongyang qatar rabindranath tagore red sea region republic of china riyadh robert aumann rodinia russia russian language sabah santiniketan sarawak saudi arabia sea of japan sea of marmara sea of okhotsk seoul shamanism shan hai jing shanghai shimon peres shirin ebadi shmuel yosef agnon siberia sikhism sinai peninsula singapore sinhalese language south america south asia south asian association for regional cooperation south china sea south korea south ossetia southeast asia southern africa southern cone southern europe southern ocean southwest asia soviet union spain sri lanka state states and territories of australia subrahmanyan chandrasekhar subregion suez canal sun supercontinent syria t and o map taipei taiwan taiwan area tajik language tajikistan tamil language taoism tashkent tbilisi tehran tel aviv telugu language terra australis tetum teutons thai language thailand thimphu tocharians tokyo top-level domain toponymy transjordan tundra turkey turkish language turkmen language turkmenistan two-point equidistant projection united arab emirates united nations ural mountains ural river urdu uzbek language uzbekistan vaalbara vientiane vietnam vietnamese language vishnu west africa west bank west bengal west pakistan western europe wikimedia commons wiktionary world world ocean world war ii world economy writer yasunari kawabata yellow sea yemen yerevan yitzhak rabin zen zoroastrianism